The effect of the new Massachusetts Bay sewage outfall on the concentrations of metals and bacterial spores in nearby bottom and suspended sediments

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1063-1070

  Bothner, M H ^a   Casso, M A ^a   Rendigs, R R ^a   Lamothe, P J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Massachusetts Bay; Metals; Outfall; Sediment; Sewage; Suspended particulate matter

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ECOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SEWAGE; STORMS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

POST-OUTFALL DATA;

MARINE POLLUTION;

CHROMIUM; COPPER; METAL; SILVER; ZINC;

BACTERIUM; HEAVY METAL; MARINE POLLUTION; SEWAGE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT; TIME; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MASSACHUSETTS; SEWAGE; SILVER; SPORES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS;

UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

EID: 0036806733     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(02)00158-3     Document Type: Article

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